Term Information

Accession
GO:0097351
Name
toxin sequestering activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
toxin-antitoxin pair type I binding, toxin-antitoxin pair type II binding
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Binding to a toxin to prevent it from interacting with other partners or to inhibit its localization to the area of the cell or complex where it is active. Source: PMID:22545240, PMID:24806488, Wikipedia:Toxin-antitoxin_system#Type_II, PMID:21819231, GOC:rs, PMID:19143615, PMID:19325885
Comment
There may be more than one antitoxin to a toxic protein. Instances of this activity are known only in prokaryotes, where the toxic protein may be a ribonuclease, a DNA gyrase, or other.
History
See term history for GO:0097351 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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toxin sequestering activity [is_a relation] is_a  molecular sequestering activity (GO:0140313)

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